The Quality of Mercy
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Written in 1998 when I first began exploring poetry
A mouse doesn't ask for mercy from a cat. It can't meow the syllables.
Though its stomach is full, the cat, being unacqainted with mercy, will toy with a mouse.
Does the tiny heart that beats to bursting point, feel eternity?.... while pinned to the floor by that mighty paw! Any soldier could tell you.
Suzanne Delaney
Copyright © Suzanne Delaney | Year Posted 2013
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